Piano-forte stool



(No Model.)

W. T. MERSEREAU.

PIANO FORTE STOOL.

No. 267,358. Patented Nov. 14, 1882.

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ATTORNEY iUNiTED Srnrns PATENT. OFFICE,

WILLIAM T. MERSEREAU, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

'PlANO-FORTE STOOL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 267,358, dated November14, 1882.

Application filed June 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known thatLWILLIAMT. MERSEREAU, of Orange, Essex county, NewJersey, have invented Improvements in the Construction of Piano-ForteStools; and I do hereby declare that the following is full, clear,andcorrect description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, in which Figure I is an elevation of myimproved piano-forte stool. Fig. II is a horizontal sectional view ofthe base or standard. Fig. III is a sectional view of the same, the seathaving been removed.

In the drawings like parts of the invention are designated by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of the present invention consists in improvements, as morefully hereinafter set forth, in the construction of piano-forte stools,the object of the invention being the production of a piano-forte stoolof a highly-ornamented character, and one easily taken apart and packedso as to occupy small space, and which can be furnished at a low cost tothe consumer.

To enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, I willdescribe the same.

A shows the base or standard for supporting the seat, made of woodandpreferably hexagonal in shape. This base is made wider at -its bottomthan at its top, and to its under side are attached the feet B, uponwhich it rests, secured to it by long screwsO, passed through the feetand entering the base orstandard A. The base or standard A is alsoprovided at top and bottom with the cup-shaped collarsD and E, whichextend beyond the outer edges of the base or standard A, and withinthese collars D and E are received the upper and lower ends of thelipped strips of metal E, which extend down and cover the points atwhich the hexagonal sidesintersecteach other. G shows plates ofinetalsix of which in the present case are availed of--which may beornamented by embossing or in any convenient way, and are used to coverthe six sides of the base or standard A, being cut or formed of theproper size to do so, and are received between the lipped strips ofmetal F and the cup-shaped collars I) and E, the collar I) being securedin position alter the platesG are placed in position by means of thescrews d and the collar E in any convenient manner.

The base or standard A is threaded about centrally to receive thethreaded support H of the seat I. t

It will be observed that the plates Gr may be highly ornamented, andthus a highly-ornamented appearance be given to the article,

and that by employing the base or standard and E, lipped strips F, metalplates G, seat I,

and its support 11, all arranged as set forth.

WILLIAM T. MERSEREAU;

In presence of- A. SIDNEY DOANE, WILLIAM V. H. HICKS.

